🃏POKER GAMES

On television and in movies, most depictions of poker games nowadays show Texas hold'em, by far the most popular poker game over the past 15 years. But there's more to poker than just hold'em - there's a wide range of poker games with different structures and strategies, and poker has something for just about everyone.

Here's a rundown of the different forms of the game played at the MetaPoker

• Texas Hold'em

  In Texas Hold'em poker (usually shortened to just "Hold'em"), each player receives two cards face down. After a round of betting, give community cards are dealt face up on the center of the table - first three cards (called the "flop"), followed by another round of betting. Then the fourth card (the "turn") and another betting round. And then the fifth card (the "river") and a final round of betting.Players use the seven cards they have available - two in their hand and five community cards - to make the best five-card poker hand. Hold'em poker games are most often played no-limit, meaning players can bet all of their chips at any point in the hand. It is also common for it to be played with fixed limits, where each bet or raise is a set amount.'

• Omaha

  Omaha poker is structured much like hold'em, but each player receives four cards face down. The flop, turn, and river are dealt face up just like in hold'em, with betting rounds in between. At showdown, players must use exactly two of their face-down cards and three from the board to make a five-card poker hand. There are several popular varieties of Omaha. It is often played pot-limit, where the maximum amount of each bet or raise is equal to the size of the pot. It is also often played as a high-low split game, where the best hand wins half the pot and the lowest hand wins the other half. The high-low split variation may be played either pot-limit or with fixed limits.

• Six-plus hold 'em

  Six-plus hold 'em is a community card poker game variant of Texas hold 'em, where the 2 through 5 cards are removed from the deck. Each player is dealt two cards face down and seeks to make the best five card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards.

• All-In or Fold (AoF) AoF is a fast-paced online poker game where you choose to either go "All-In" or "Fold" on every single hand.